By David R. Burda – My local Target store used to have a CVS MinuteClinic in it. Target has since repurposed that retail clinic space into a cellphone activation center. When it was a retail clinic, I always wondered what people were there for….
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By David Burda – Like everyone else, manufacturers in the U.S. are concerned about healthcare costs and the affordability of medical care. In this case, the concern is for themselves and for their workers, respectively.
By David Burda – To answer the question in the headline, which I haven’t seen anywhere yet, is yes. Yes they did. That’s according to the latest annual March report to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC.
By David Burda – This latest report from the CDC on hospital infection rates gives new meaning to the term “long COVID.” The report’s findings suggest that the pandemic may have permanently damaged the ability of hospitals to prevent their patients from contracting infections while in the hospital. That’s not good.
By David Burda – Yes, it’s another sports analogy to describe a market phenomenon in healthcare. In sports, when we say, “defense travels well,” we mean defense plays as well on the road as it does at home. Unlike offense, which plays better at home than it does on the road.
By David Burda – No matter who I’m interviewing, no matter what the topic, and I ask them what the biggest obstacle or barrier to doing X is, their answer invariably is the CFO. That is, unless I’m interviewing the CFO. We need to be able to explain this to the CFO. We need to demonstrate the return on investment to the CFO.
By David Burda – The debate over private-equity ownership in healthcare really centers around two questions: Will prices for medical care go up or down after a PE firm buys a provider organization? Will quality and service go up or down after a PE firm buys a provider organization?
By Liz Beatty – Tasked with reimagining patient-centric cancer clinical trials, the Bloomberg New Economy International Coalition has identified eliminating patient identification and enrollment barriers as top priorities.
By David Burda – If you want great medical care, you should move to Lake Wobegon, where all the hospitals are above average. Anywhere else, chances are your medical care will be average. At least according to a short but revealing research letter published recently in JAMA Health Forum.